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I have a flock of 22 hens and 3 roosters. This morning when I went to feed them two of the roosters were exhibiting very black combs. One of the roosters in an australorp and the other is a wyandotte-cochin cross. As far as I can tell they were both fine yesterday. The wyandotte-cochin also...

I have six Australorp chicks from a blue roo and a black hen. 3 are blue and 3 are black. Does colour indicate sex with this mix?

Is it normal for roosters to dance when they try and mount their hens? I have one that does a little dance every time and I'm getting quite a kick out of it!

My hen hatched 6 eggs about a month ago. She's been a great mother, very protective, but over the past 2 days she's started what seems to be a process of making the chicks fend for themselves. It began with her moving farther and farther from them, ignoring them when they squawked for her...

I rescued 5 hens from a very bad situation a couple of days ago. There were at least 40 of them crammed into a coop big enough for 5 or 6 max. Needless to say they were all pecked and beaten. The ones I took have almost no feathers left. When we got them home they were thirsty and starving -...

I see everyone referring to humidity in relation to hatching and incubators. I'm doing my first natural hatch with a broody (today is hatch day).So I'm wondering - how is humidity controlled during a natural hatch? I'm not too concerned - we live in a naturally humid environment, but I'm...

My hen has recently gone broody and I'd like to get a few fertilized eggs for her to sit on. We are looking for some guinea fowl and I'm wondering if she would successfully hatch and raise guinea chicks. Does anyone have any experience with this? I'm a newbie so any suggestions are appreciated.